Video: Why Emmanuel Rodriguez Will Earn An Opening Day Roster Spot

[Sam Caulder]

Emmanuel Rodriguez is turning heads in Twins camp this spring. The numbers are loud, the contact quality is real, and he’s making a serious case to be part of the Opening Day conversation. Could the Twins’ outfield prospect force his way into that fourth outfield spot?

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[Greglw3]

Roden is more deserving, based on what I’ve seen so far. And Gabby Gonzalez would be very useful as a platoon mate or more for a lefty bat that might hit .200 or less vs lefties. But stay tuned on E-rod, he’s ticked down just a bit with his recent at-bats but too small a sample size. It’d be nice if all 3 made it!

[jkcarew]

The argument for begins and ends with “why not”.

The argument against is he’s likely to K at about a 50% clip and walk at about 10% (if even that). In other words, he pretty clearly isn’t ready.